FIS has great understanding teachers.A fantastic resource program. It's my son's first year at FIS and he's loving it! Thank you FIS!!
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Posted by a parent on 09/16/09
In my opinion, you should avoid this school. Turn around and don't look back...
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Posted by a parent on 04/02/08
This school is great! My son's teachers have gone above and beyond for him this year. I have had several meetings this year with his teachers since he tends to struggle. Very impressed so far!
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Posted by a parent on 02/25/08
I was hoping for better teachers than what we had in the elementary schools. Thus far I am very disappointed. The teachers have very little to no communication with the parents and rarely return calls. I have both of my children in outside tutoring because I feel the schools in Fernley are failing
... Read more them. The principal is rarely seen too. My child is also consistantly bullied but it seems that the school could care less. We have our house on the market just so we can get out of this school district. Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/11/08
High Achieveing doesn't really say how the achieving is accoplished what are the scores it is of all grades across the board or one grade level, I reviewed the scores of test for schools across nevada across other districts and FIS did not fare to well last year. The ice cream social was poorly conducted.
... Read more I do not say this and sit back and watch I am active but when suggestions are presented they are shut down as if the school is afraid of change or outside influence. This goes for sugeestions with anything. Activites for students is cut this year. Our youth are told they are too old yet we tell them they are too young, we tell them to be quiet yet say they never communicate. The Parent teacher collaboration needs work, more of us parents need to take a more active role in supporting the school. Read less
Posted by a parent on 12/01/07
The teaching techniques at this school are mediocre at best. The online report card is useless and consistently frustrating. It is not updated frequently enough to be of any use in my household. I believe the biggest problem with this school is the communication between teachers and parents. There
... Read more is none. My hope is that high school will be better, it cant get much worse. I feel more time is spent grading their own teaching abilities and not enough focus on the student. Read less
Posted by a parent on 04/27/07
Lots of homework packets and old tests are used, don't try new things. The school is about 2 years behind Washington State and if you ever can get hold of an administrator, they're frequently all out at meetings on the same day. Their tolerance for bullying and name calling they say is ZERO, however,
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Posted by a teacher on 03/10/07
The teachers and staff at FIS are incredible. Everyone from the Leslie Snyder, Custodian, to Mary Ahern, Counselor, to Adrina Cohen, School Nurse, to Mrs. Moyle, Assistant Principal and Mr. Whitehead, Social Studies Teacher. My child has been touched and has grown so much because of all of them. I
... Read more am so thankful I moved here and hope every child experiences the success these people have afforded my child. Barb Smith, Proud Parent Read less
Posted by a parent on 03/03/07
i am a student and i believe that the teachers know what they are doing but the principal here drops everything onto the vice principal to handle he needs to take matters into his own hands. so yes it is a good school but the principal and the vice principal dont do anything with the issues the schools
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Posted by a student on 08/09/05
I'm not really impressed with this school. My daughter is not doing good in her grades, I feel the teachers are not helpfull in bringing her grades up. The gradeing system, I do not approve of. I think if your there at school, & attempting the work, you should not get an overall grade F. I don't think
... Read more they are making school interesting enough, they need to get the kids involved or something. There are a couple teachers that I get the impression, it's just a job & don't care how the student does, & passes it on to the parents. I feel it is the teachers responsibility to get the grades up, not the parents. Some help from the parents is good. We will be changing schools next year. Read less
* In 2007-2008 Nevada used the Criterion Referenced Test (CRT) to test students in grades 3 through 8 in reading and math, and in grades 5 and 8 in science. The CRT is a standards-based test, which means it measures specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Nevada. The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.
Student enrollment:
784
Students per teacher:
15
Full-time teachers:
54
Number of classrooms:
35
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Fernley schools — Fernley Intermediate School is located at 320 Us Highway 95a S, Fernley NV 89408. 320 Us Highway 95a S is in the 89408 ZIP code in Fernley, NV The school district for Fernley Intermediate School is the Lyon County School District. Fernley Intermediate School is a Public school that serves grade levels 6 - 8.
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